# Annotate - Text, Emoji, Stickers and Shapes on Photos and Screenshots

> App for annotating and editing photos and screenshots with text, stickers, and redaction. (iPhone/iPad app by Linebreak.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotate-text-emoji-stickers-and-shapes-on-photos-and-screenshots/id994933038 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Linebreak](https://appshunter.io/developer/417602907)
- Category: Photo & Video, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 478 App Store ratings · 161 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 63 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-05-30
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotate-text-emoji-stickers-and-shapes-on-photos-and-screenshots/id994933038/reviews.md

## What is Annotate?

"This app is a must have” — David Wiltson

Annotate is the simplest way to capture, annotate and save or share photos and screenshots.


FEATURES

Snap a photo or select an image from your camera roll, then dress it up with stickers and annotate it with arrows, text, and the pen tool. Or use the pixelate tool and built-in emojis for maximum impact.

Add a caption and share it with friends on your favorite apps, including Apple Messages, Mail, Twitter, Slack, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Line, Instagram and Facebook.

Quickly and easily redact parts of an image.

Have fun with the 100's of emoticons built-in and ready for you to add to your photos and screenshots. Full support for landscape mode on iPad and iPhone, so rotate away!


REVIEWS

"Amazing ideas came up as soon as i started using this app." — Eredis2

“It’s a great little alternative to a snapchat, and let’s me describe photos to anyone." — Majickdave

"Intuitive and very helpful for collaboration." — PCampbell

"This app is a must have, you can do all annotations that you need with great quality and intuitive controls. Great! ” — David Wiltson

"Best way to mark up your screenshots and photos, great for client work or even to remind yourself later when editing photos" - Smbnyc


SUPPORT

If you have any questions or feedback we’d love to hear from you! Driftt offers free support, you can reach us by email at annotate@driftt.com or on Twitter @DrifttHQ. 

You can also browse our FAQs and User Guides on http://use.driftt.com/.

Thank you!

We have lots of great plans for future versions, so please leave us feedback and rate us in the App Store!

## Key features

- Add text, arrows, and pen annotations
- Use stickers and built-in emojis
- Pixelate tool for redaction
- Add captions
- Share to various apps
- Supports landscape mode

## What do users think of Annotate?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Simple and efficient
- 💡 Helpful for educators and professionals
- ✨ Great app experience

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔀 Forced cropping of images
- 📚 Limited annotation tools (no circles, squares, etc.)
- 🎨 Lack of color options

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Camera access issues on newer iPhones
- Inability to save annotated images to camera roll
- App freezing when trying to save annotated images

**Most requested features**

- Undo/redo functionality
- More annotation tools (circles, squares, etc.)
- Expanded color palette
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to annotate videos

## Recent user reviews (10 of 161)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotate-text-emoji-stickers-and-shapes-on-photos-and-screenshots/id994933038/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Crop before annotate

*2025-07-09, version 1.5*

Must to crop (compulsory portrait orientation) image before annotate it. Once text tool selected － no keyboard comes up. No use. Buggy.

### 3/5 — Still works but needs an update

*2024-12-09, version 1.5*

Please update this app. It wants you to crop all your images to phone screen size.  Most images I have are not set to that format and I don’t want to change them.  Please allow us to annotate on the existing image size and give us the option of cropping if we want to.  Thanks.  I love how simple it is to add arrows and text to photos.  Still Much easier than the built in Apple tool in photos.

### 1/5 — Deleted immediately - cryptic user interface

*2024-08-27, version 1.5*

I used annotate to open a photo in my photo album. All I wanted to do was add text to the photo. The only option it offered was CROP.  I want an app that has a menu system and not a bunch of cryptic user controls that I have to spend hours figuring out on my own.

### 4/5 — Good experience

*2024-02-15, version 1.5*

Helpful app

### 5/5 — Fun and Easy

*2024-02-15, version 1.5*

This app was very friendly for a first time user. I appreciate the different features for adding notes and/or marking up text in an image. As a classroom teacher, I think this app would be an engaging tool for teaching annotating text to elementary aged students.

### 4/5 — Easy tool!

*2024-02-14, version 1.5*

As an educator, this tool just made annotating on photos, documents so much easier. I can easily use it to label and write directly on the page straight from my phone, thats my favorite part. However, I wish there was an eraser feature on the side tool bar that would allow me to change or clear any mistakes without deleting the whole product. Overall, amazing product that such makes life of an educator much easier to display and customize materials.

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2024-02-12, version 1.5*

This app is really easy to use. It’s very intuitive and can aid students in taking notes for class or doing classwork completely online without having to print out graphic organizers or worksheets. I would recommend this app to students and teachers of any grade level.

### 4/5 — Annotate

*2023-05-12, version 1.5*

Brilliant app,
Ease of use 
Would have been the best with 
Highlight and circle,

### 5/5 — Very Handy

*2022-04-06, version 1.5*

I work as an inspector and this app is invaluable!   Easy to use. Quick.  And effective!

### 2/5 — 1-minute to dislike.

*2022-03-08, version 1.5*

Portrait only? Wow. Color pallet is limited to 5 colors, no black, no white.

## Frequently asked questions about Annotate

### What can I do with this app?

This app allows you to capture photos or select images from your camera roll and then enhance them. You can add text, arrows, stickers, emojis, and shapes. It also includes a pixelate tool for redacting parts of an image and the ability to add captions before sharing.

### How do I share my annotated images?

Once you have finished annotating your photo or screenshot, you can easily share it with friends and contacts directly from the app. It supports sharing to popular platforms like Apple Messages, Mail, Twitter, Slack, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Line, Instagram, and Facebook.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is free to use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a completely free experience for users.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. It offers full support for landscape mode on both devices, allowing for a flexible user experience regardless of orientation.

### What are the main use cases for this app?

This app is useful for various purposes, including marking up screenshots for client work, explaining visual information in messages, collaborating on images, or simply adding creative touches to personal photos. It's also helpful for quickly redacting sensitive information before sharing.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2015-07-29

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Your feedback is life. It’s the air that we breathe, the wind at our backs, the sun on our faces after a long, cold, dark night.

You are our sunshine. You make us happy when skies are grey.

This latest release makes it easier than ever for you to share your warm thoughts and feedback whenever the mood strikes you.

Tap the little question mark bubble to send us feedback via Twiitter, email, or text message. Whatever works for you.

Love your latest work of Annotate art? Tweet it to us @getannotate. We promise to love you back. <3

Please don’t take our sunshine away.

### 1.4 — 2015-07-18

Two four six eight!
Here’s what’s new with Annotate!
- Landscape view is here at last
- Moving stuff is easy and fast
- Screenshots can be marked up too
- It’s super cool and so are you

At last, Annotate supports tilting your screen into landscape view. Huzzah! Manipulating objects and superimposing one on top of the other is much easier to do now, and you can create an album especially for your fabulous screenshots. Because you know you love your screenshots, you screenshotting fool.

P.S. Lots more stickers!!! We kinda went overboard :-)

### 1.3 — 2015-07-02

So much you've been waiting for... and then some!

Let's start with iPad Support - super-size your workspace and communicate better and faster.

We've added new ways to get photos into Annotate:
  * Annotate extension - access from the share menu anywhere
  * Annotate now offers to open copied images
  * You can now “Open in Annotate” from the share menu in other apps

Now you can Airdrop your annotations and we've added new first launch screens to get you started faster.

We’ve fixed sharing of Annotations to WhatsApp.

### 1.2 — 2015-06-22

Stickers! If we only had one word we could write here it would be STICKERS! We think stickers are an *awesome* way to communicate visually and we’re just getting started with them. Check it out and let us know what you think in the reviews!

We’ve heard your feedback and have made a bunch of additional improvements we think you’ll be excited about:
- Image cropping when you pull pictures into Annotate
- Text will now automatically wrap as you type
- The tool palette now fades out when you’re drawing
- Or, you can just throw the tool palette to the opposite of the screen! Just drag it on over.

### 1.1 — 2015-06-09

Here's what's new in version 1.1:

- New pixelate tool lets you blur parts of an image
- Start annotating the screenshot you just took with a simple swipe
- Annotations that you share automatically go into an "Annotate" album

We've also gotten some great feedback and improved some of the tools:

- Added default sizes for all shapes - just tap to add a shape
- Improved drag & resize behavior for all shapes
- Fixed and improved some of the text handling behavior
- Various performance enhancements and bug fixes

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